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This was just... amazing.

Seriously, after following this show for six years, I've grown rather fond of it. Even though I considered trading in Scrubs to pursue other dramas, such as Grey's and House and perhaps even Prison Break, I just realized I couldn't do it. I just couldn't stop watching Scrubs, and this episode seriously justifies my decision to keep on following the show.

Everything was just so perfect. The songs were awesome, and they even kept the characters in character. Everything was absolutely hilarious, and everyone's singing was just perfect.

Kudos on the completely MEGA-AWESOME episodes!

The first reviewer is correct; the songs are so well-done and so appropriate to the continuity of the show. It makes you understand most of these folks have theater backgrounds because every mannerism is effortless. I hope they do one each year. Good voices, good choreography, a total package. It made me check on all the backgrounds. Even the guest star (Patti) was perfect for her role. She fit right in without the "guest star" sheen. And, I noticed, some of the regulars were not present which can only mean they don't sing so well and the cast was going for a real hit. They accomplished it. This is so Emmy worthy and the kind of episode which will become more legendary as time goes on.

I will admit up front I am a fan of musicals.

However, someone who isn't at least entertained by this episode (whether he is a musical fan or not) didn't give it a chance. From the dance steps to the facial expressions to funny lyrics, this episode was entertaining to the core. Most of the humor is not the slap-in-the-face kind of overt humor that one may expect. It actually requires you to be engaged to take in what is being sung about. The whole cast is quite good in their performances and sometimes the lyrics are borderline brilliant. I can only imagine how creative one must be to come up with a Broadway-style song when the subject is "poo" or "guy love."

When you're done watching, it really feels as if you just finished watching a full production rather than simply half an hour of TV. And every time I watch, I laugh out loud.

It has been said that TV shows 'Jump the Shark' when the main cast starts having kids, or if they do a musical episode. Well Scrubs has now done both, and it is working very well.

They worked the music in the musical episode into the plot quite well, and the cast sang it with ease, and mostly good voices. I enjoyed that the music was all parody of real musicals and the songs themselves were funny.

This actually worked quite well within the plot and did not in my opinion do anything to ruin the integrity of the normal show.

This was not the best show in the series history, but it was a very interesting episode.

This episode as ridiculous and hilarious as it is, is amazing! It followed two episodes dealing with postpartum depression which were a major first for a network show. This was the only episode fitting to follow those two groundbreaking episodes.

Every once in a while, something on television reminds you that it's not just the vast wasteland it's been said to be. This was one of them.

Most TV shows who attempt a musical show fail embarrassingly. This was perfect, perfect, perfect. They nailed the writing, composing, singing, dancing, the humor, the characters, the quirks. Oh yeah, and remained medically astute.

After my wife and I picked our jaws up off the floor watching the first 15 minutes, we realized we couldn't record all of it, and after finding out it was a rerun prolly won't see it again for a while. So it's our first TV show purchase on iTunes.

I think we'll see this one again - at the Emmys.

And now I have to see Avenue Q.

Musical episodes are frequent in tv shows, but the quality of this episode is the best I've ever seen. The songs are good and the lyrics are funny, they match perfectly the style of the show. So, when you hear the songs, they look like a very long JD's fantasies. And the greatest fact is that they are all very good singers! This is amazing!

It's so good!! It's my favorite scrubs episode and my favorite musical episode of any show I've seen.

I love Scrubs, but musicals is a big NO for me. I can't stand it. If you don't like musicals, then its not for you either.

Hate musicals and this episode was the worst of all.

Scrubs is one of my favourite 5 shows of all time. It's a wonderful series. However I just don't feel that this one worked. Maybe I'm one of those horrible die hard fans that hates any kind of change.

I also didn't feel as if the score was great. I've seen the Buffy musical episode and I thought musically it was very good. The music in Scrubs however wasn't thought out as well, nor did it fit in with the overall 'vibe' of the show.

But at least they tried to do something different. So full marks on that.

I also feel that maybe they felt that they needed to do something different because this series has become a bit predictable and lacks the spontaneity and isn't as inventive as past series.

This is my first time watching Scrubs (I missed the boat on this show when it was originally airing) and so I had no idea there was a musical episode in the series. Imagine my surprise when I happened upon this one today. In short, this was excellently done!

I started off skeptical once I realized it was a musical episode, because I've seen a lot of these on a lot of tv shows, and many of them are just not great. But I was quickly won over - this one is by far the best I've seen. It had the typical quirks of a musical episode, but also didn't feel like a one-off, novelty episode like so many others have - it actually advanced the main character storylines just as much as the patient storyline, and wove the singing in with the rest of the story quite well. Loved it!

They're having a Scrubs marathon, let me back up. This is the first Scrubs episode I've EVER seen, yea, really. I can hear all of you who watched this series. I deserve whatever you want to throw my way.

What a great episode, 6-6, Musical for me to see. Incredible. The singing and dancing, and yes, the comedy. Hilarious and well well done. The choreography for the dancing was well done. The singing, what range, and what a great story.

I knew of Scrubs, but never tried it, I don't know why. Maybe too much going on back then for the nine seasons it aired. I noticed that for the approximately 3,300 ratings on IMDB it averaged 8.9. That's a great score. I haven't read the remarks, am looking forward to seeing what folks had to say, both good and bad.

What a great first episode of Scrubs for me to watch.

The pinnacle of mid 2000's writing, and the last vestige of TV shows that felt as if humans had a hand in making them. Today we have CGI overruling practical stunts, bland writing so as to not offend the weak minded, and a distinct lack of sincere humour.

I first watched scrubs on it's release. Nothing has really come close since, and this episode highlights why; this musical episode encompasses everything Scrubs tried to achieve. It makes you laugh, forwards the story, makes you feel, makes you cry, and provides pure escapism for 22 minutes. This is what entertainment was always meant to be.

Rhyming and talking in a sing-song voice does not create a musical. Not a big fan of musicals, but I have seen enough of them. The choreography of the scenes was totally laughable, in an unfunny way. The songs were incredibly lame except for a couple that did not sound horrible. A couple of songs about poop and "doo-doo" were really bad.

Like others, I stopped at every scene long enough to know the song sucked, and hit fast-forward all the way to the end. I never thought I could dislike any episode of Scrubs, but this one was just pure ridiculous garbage. This musical about the crappy job of hospital interns was a big stinker.

Funny and original, I have heard some of the actors in the series sing before and I looked forward to seeing this bunch in a musical. I was not disappointed most of the cast sang well, the songs were a joy having us all clapping along. It must be said that the songs were not there just as an after thought and that they fitted extremely well with the continuity of the show. My favourite was Turk and J.D's duet "Everything comes down to Pooh!". Though this was by no means the only performance to be recommended check out John C. McGinley's performance then check him out in Platoon. It was so good that when it was over I switched to ParaComedy+1 and we watched it again, except this time I recorded it as well!!

Being a fan of this series for quite some time now (watched every single episode and looo-hoo-hooved it) I was quite shocked when the first song kicked in.. O dear god... please no... please let them not have spoiled my evening by making one of those crappy "musical-theme-episode-thingies"..

But they did! I still can not believe it.. I have read some of the other comments here, and I can assume they are right-on, for all your musical fans, probably superb performance by the whole cast and whatnot... But I DO NOT WATCH A COMEDY TO WATCH A MUSICAL! If I would want to watch a musical, I would go to some theater and do so (or neh, I would probably download a musical and watch it from my couch where I can enjoy it with some wine, a smoke, and a decent toilet break..) But that's besides the point. Point being: I was hoping to watch another episode of my favourite COMEDY show. Not a musical. I am not into musicals, I find it a backwards and obsolete way to transfer a story, let alone a joke.

Still.. I watched quite a bit of it (in horror..) The singing was well done, but the stuff they were singing was NOT, I repeat NOT in the least funny! OK the bit about the poo... but NO! not even that came close to the kick I usually get out of watching Scrubs.

So.. the final thing I have to say here would be something in the line of this: If you are making a musical, fine, I don't blame you, I am not the target audience so I don't care. But if you are making a comedy series that has grabbed my attention and affection... Please stay away from the "What shall we do this time... flat out of ideas... you know what, let's pump a few grand extra in and make it a full-blown musical!" Spend the extra cash on extra writers for extra funny gags. Or some of that tearjerking drama scrubs got lately, that'll serve me just fine. But stay away from songs, or you will... erm.... read my wrath!